The Birth of Christianity
Discovering What Happened In the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus
By John Dominic Crossan
(HarperOne, Paperback, 9780060616601, 688pp.)
Publication Date: February 13, 1999
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover (July 1998), Hardcover (April 1998)
Categories: Christianity - General, Christianity - History - General
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In this national bestseller, John Dominic Crossan, the world's leading expert on the historical Jesus, reveals how Christianity emerged in the period following Jesus' death. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Crossan shines new light on the theological and cultural contexts from which the Christian church arose. He argues powerfully that Christianity would have happened with or without Paul and contends that Jesus' "resurrection" meant something vastly different for his early followers than it does for many traditional Christians today--what mattered was Christina origins finally illuminates the mysterious period that set Western religious history in its decisive course.
John Dominic Crossan is professor emeritus of biblical studies at DePaul University in Chicago. He is the bestselling author of many books, including The Birth of Christianity, The Historical Jesus, The Essential Jesus, and Who Killed Jesus?
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